Aki Cederberg is a writer, musician and filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. Coming from a hereditary line of seamen, priests and doctors, his disposition and many of his interests and passions can perhaps be derived from these ancestral streaks. Relating to his engagement with various esoteric traditions and realms of knowledge and culture of which he has sought first-hand experience, as well as his interest in sites of mythological or historical significance both ancient and modern, he has travelled extensively. Cederberg has written a book published in finnish language titled Pyhiinvaellus ("Pilgrimage", Salakirjat 2013), as well as contributed to The Fenris Wolf book anthologies and several other publications. He has been part of several musical groups, with whom he has released albums and films, as well as conducted exhibitions and tours both in his homeland and abroad. The film Taiwaskivi, made as part of Halo Manash, was released on the DVD-collection ”Back to Human Nature!” (Njuta Films). Cederberg is also a part of the Radio Wyrd podcast. He has a Bachelor of Culture and Arts (directing and scriptwriting) and currently works in writing and film production. He lives in Helsinki, and enjoys boxing.

This website functions as a resource on his writings, travels and current works.

Herr Lounge Corps and Aki Cederberg are back with soothing sounds for the soul to counter the crude commotion of the modern world. This time they cover Serge Gainsbourg’s 1973 classic Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais, in Finnish language. The video pays again tribute to a European woman - Leni Riefenstahl - and features her “Diotima’s dance for the sea” from Arnold Fanck’s mystical mountain film, “Der Heilige Berg”.

My book, tentatively titled PILGRIMAGE: JOURNEYS IN THE KALI YUGA, will be published by Inner Traditions in the fall of 2017. Below is a short summary of the book.

PILGRIMAGE: JOURNEYS IN THE KALI YUGA is Aki Cederberg's personal odyssey into the ancient Hindu tradition of esoteric knowledge. Spanning a decade of seeking, it is a voyage between worlds, a European's journey into mythic India, and reflects on the confluence of East and West, of ancient and modern, in our time of strife referred to in the Hindu texts as the Kali Yuga. Ultimately, it is a story of a search for spiritual homeland.

Seeking to find authentic, unbroken magical tradition, Cederberg travels into the mythic realms of India and Nepal. After many adventures across these ancient lands, he stumblingly arrives at the source of the Hindu traditions of magic and yoga as he encounters the mystic, wild holy men and their age-old esoteric order – the Naga babas. The author immerses himself in the teachings of the tradition, receives an initiation, and partakes in the Kumbh Mela, the largest spiritual gathering on earth. He starts to glimpse resemblances and analogies between the teachings of the Indian tradition and the Western traditions of magic, alchemy and its various pagan pantheons. Eventually returning to his native soil of Europe and traveling to holy places where old pagan divinities still linger in the shadows of the modern world, Cederberg dreams of forgotten gods, and contemplates, in light of an ancient esoteric tradition, how they might be awakened yet again. Reality shows itself to be stranger than fiction, as the mythic and personal narratives intertwine, and soon Cederberg discovers that he has himself become part of the great river of story, which is about the quest of the hero – and at heart, the story of the true human being.

“All My Sins Remembered” is a tribute to Australian musician John Murphy, who died on the 11th of October 2015, and at the same time a charity project with all proceeds from the sales going to his widow.

John Murphy was an inveterate collaborator, contributing to the most high-profile bands of the industrial scene, not only because he was such a versatile musician of immense talent, but also because he was such a great collaborator. His warm-heartedness was the basis of decade-spanning relationships with prestigious musicians; his perfection and reliability in both composition and preparing performances was common knowledge; as a session drummer he would fit in organically with the bands that employed him. As a result, a large number of musicians agreed happily and instantly to become a part of this project.

With an enormous effort and the help of many friends we have put together this compilation, featuring the vast majority of the projects John Murphy was involved with – whether as a solo musician, contributor, full band member or session musician. Carefully curated and compiled, it follows the chronology of his career, starting with his high school band MANDRIX and following through all the way to his last studio recordings with LAST DOMINION LOST.

A major part of this compilation are tracks featuring John himself, a treasure of yet unreleased recordings with ASSOCIATES, SHINING VRIL, KRANG, KRANK, BROWNING MUMMERY, KNIFELADDER, SOOTERKIN FLESH, BLOOD AND IRON, WERTHAM, FORESTA DI FERRO and GERECHTIGKEITS LIGA, as well as rare collaborative tracks with LUSTMORD, NEWS, WHIRLYWIRLD, HUGO KLANG, MAA, ORCHESTRA OF SKIN AND BONE, SLUB, DUMB AND THE UGLY, VHRIL, BORDEL MILITAIRE and THE WALKING KORPSES. John Murphy’s performances can also be heard on exclusive live recordings of BLOOD AXIS, SPK, WHITEHOUSE, NAEVUS, NIKOLAS SCHRECK, MY FATHER OF SERPENTS & DISCIPLES OF NONE and MANDRIX, while newly recorded personal dedications (partially making use of John Murphy recordings) come from OF THE WAND AND THE MOON, DIE WEISSE ROSE, GENOCIDE ORGAN, ANDREW KING and DAVID E. WILLIAMS. Last but not least there are his last live and studio recordings from March & May 2015 with THE GRIMSEL PATH, ZEENA SCHRECK and his last main band LAST DOMINION LOST.

This box set is limited to 750 copies and comes in a beautiful design by The Epicurean: Lavish black cardboard folder with full colour & gold print, containing three CDs housed in cardboard sleeves and an extensive 32-page booklet with texts by The Epicurean, Andrew King, Alan Bamford and Jon Evans, allowing for detailed insight in the three distinct periods of John Murphy’s musical career, as well as publishing unreleased photographs from his friends’ archives."

SLEEP OF MONSTERS: POISON GARDEN (Svart Records, LP/CD)

My friend and translator Ike Vil's band Sleep of Monsters (SOM) has released their new album "Poison Garden" through Svart Records. SOM is perhaps the foremost genuinely occult rock band in Finland: this is dionysian ragnarock´n´roll. "Think of Lee Hazelwood getting drunk with the Abba girls in a metal bar..."